Politics vs Economics: Evidence from Municipal Annexation
Politics vs Economics: Evidence from Municipal Annexation
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政治与经济：市政兼并的证据
DOI：
10.1006/juec.1998.2102
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发表时间：
1999
影响因子：
6.3
通讯作者：
D. Austin
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作者：
D. Austin
摘要本文研究了美国大城市郊区兼并决策中的经济和政治因素。本文采用了中位数选民模型，提出了一种自然的潜在变量估计策略。双变量logit和正常程序纳入有关国家法律兼并的信息运行在人口普查区水平的数据。估计参数用于评估经济和政治变量的影响。研究结果表明，尽管城市对其他经济因素很敏感，但城市对郊区税基的征用意愿并没有激发兼并。抵消城市移民的政治和种族影响的愿望对兼并产生了持续和积极的影响。
Abstract This paper investigates economic and political factors in suburban annexation decision in large U.S. cities. This paper employs a median-voter model, which suggests a natural latent-variable estimation strategy. Bivariate logit and normal procedures incorporating information about state laws governing annexation are run on census tract level data. Estimated parameters are used to evaluate the effects of economic and political variables. Results show cities' desire to expropriate suburban tax base did not motivate annexation, although cities were sensitive to other economic factors. The desire to offset political and racial effects of urban migration had a consistent and positive effect on annexation.